Definitions
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- noun all the
cultural capital that isavailable to us in the form oftribal legends ,folklore ,nursery rhymes ,books ,videotapes ,CD-ROMs etc
Etymologies
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ex- + intelligence (contrasted with knowledge carried within the brain, as if intelligence were derived from in). Coined by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen in their book Figments of Reality (1997).
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Physics is a uniquely human cultural artifact = it does not exist without us, one form of extelligence.
gpax commented on the word extelligence
We call the brain's internal capabilities Intelligence. It is convenient to
give a similar name to all of the external influences, cultural or otherwise,
that affect the evolution of the brain, and with it, the mind. We shall call
these influences Extelligence. Mind is not just intelligence plus
extelligence, its inside and outside, so to speak. Instead, mind is a feedback
loop in which intelligence influences extelligence, extelligence influences
intelligence, and the combination transcends the capabilities of both.
Terry Pratchett/Ian Stewart/Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld
May 10, 2008
gangerh commented on the word extelligence
You don't need to be intelligent to work that out! And a brain is only something with which we think that we think.
May 10, 2008